Astral Ant Tribe

New year's spring traveling trade.

The Edelweiss Spider King arrived on time.

"Longbai Ant King, how was the deal last year? How much did the Grass Crow Spider King compensate for the rough stone?"

"The asking price was 20 million, and the final deal was 6 million. The price was calculated for the God-given force food that Mo Lan and I need to evolve."

"..."

The Edelweiss Spider King had already noticed that this was a sleek, fat ant, and he was unwilling to seriously offend the Grass Spider King.

The Edelweiss Spider King himself did not want to offend before eating the divine fruit that endowed the soul with talent.

It's nice to be able to disgust the other person.

"good--"

The Edelweiss Spider King commented, changed the topic, and asked: "Longbai Ant King, are your trading army ready?"

Long Bai: "It was all prepared yesterday and ready to go at any time."

…

The mighty team marched to Hongnan Mountain.

trading cave,

As in previous years, Hong Tao, Heliotrope, and Styloma were waiting in the starship passage early.

Meet and greet.

Give small gifts.

Transfer common little flame spiders.

Done,

First, Heliotrope and the Edelweiss Spider King had a private conversation.

Heliotrope ran away quickly.

Long Bai, Hong Tao, and Styloma stepped forward to continue the transaction. They first counted the ant king honey and god-given seeds to be sold in Yunji Continent, inspected the quality, and counted the quantities...

While working, Zhuban said in a casual manner: "King Longbai Ant, I won't be able to survive next year. I want to help Lord Baiwei compete for the leadership position."

Long Bai: "Don't worry, Zhuban, I will miss you."

Long Bai hesitated for a moment, then said: "This activity of selecting a leader of the Watase Flame Spider Tribe doesn't feel right. How many high-quality resource channels and insect connections has an old spider king who has been walking on the mainland for hundreds of years accumulated? Without the support of the Spider King, your Lord Bai Wei would not be able to keep up with the hundreds of years of accumulation of the old Spider King even if he has extraordinary abilities."

Pillar: "The share of God-given force food transferred by the Old Spider King does not count and will not be counted."

It doesn’t count, but what about the transaction weight indirectly generated?

They know better than themselves,

Long Bai didn't want to say any more frustrating words.

Talking too much will do no good except dampen their fighting spirit.

Pillar stopped moving and turned to look at the Edelweiss Spider King.

"Edelweiss Spider King, Lord Bai Wei has a wonderful idea."

The Edelweiss Spider King asked casually: "What's your idea?"

Tsubasa: "If our caravan wants to overtake us, we must find another way. Lord Bai Wei plans to divide the caravan into two. The first team, Hongtao, Caolong, Yuzu, and Nandi will continue the transactions on the Wanguo Continent. The second team Detachment, Lord Bai Wei and I, we will walk together in the Continent of Ten Thousand Races and open up new trade routes."

"Lord Bai Wei and I focus on trading divine fruits, as well as God-given seeds and queen honey, completely abandoning the trade of ordinary Force food and Force honey. Divine fruits are mainly distributed in the Ten Thousand Races Continent, among which Many large and prosperous tribes have divine seeds, but they are hidden very deeply. The divine fruits they produce are not sold to the outside world, or are sold in very small quantities. The main goals of Lord Bai Wei and I are these top giants. tribe.”

Styloscope enthusiastically suggested: "King Edelweiss Spider, don't you need divine fruits? We can cooperate!"

Long Bai's tentacles twitched, his thoughts changed rapidly, and after thinking twice, his eyes suddenly became clear and he realized everything.

——These guys really know how to find a way!

——The Edelweiss Spider King showed his dissatisfaction with the Caowei Spider King’s actions.

——They have keenly grasped this point and want to take advantage of the Snow Velvet Spider King to deal with the Caowu Spider King and the large caravans of the same level as the Caowu Spider King.

Long Bai thought about it with his paws again, and immediately guessed that this must be Hong Tao's idea.

The Edelweiss Spider King thought for a moment, and understood instantly, and asked: "How to cooperate? Divine fruits in the southern hemisphere cannot appear randomly in the northern hemisphere."

Hong Tao, who had been working as if nothing had happened, raised his head and said: "In order to protect customer privacy, our caravan's trading method of divine fruits will be completely changed. First of all, all the divine fruits we sell, including those we have now, Information such as origin, name, yield, flower and fruit cycle, etc. will be concealed."

Hong Tao: "Second point, the sales model must also be completely changed. For example, Edelweiss Spider King, if you want divine fruits, you can tell us which type you need. Combat attack type? Healing type? Detection type? Or the auxiliary management type? The talent-granting type? Which one specifically? Soul system? Power system? Or wood system, wind system? What do you need, or what type of divine fruit do you want? Tell us roughly. If so, Or if you know it and have a way to get it, we will introduce the relevant information to you, but we will only tell you the specific effects of the divine fruit, the price, and the delivery time, and we will not disclose the other information."

Heart: "Third point, divine fruits are generally not sold, only exchanged. Similar divine fruits are exchanged, and the price difference is compensated with the share of the god-given seeds."

Zhuban concluded: "What kind of divine fruit you want and what kind of divine fruit you need, we have a way to get it for you, and we only earn a fixed 20% profit. We don't make more, and we don't Earn less.”

Pillar: "King Edelweiss Spider, with your support, our new trading model of divine fruits can be launched."

Stylus Spot: "In terms of divine fruits alone, the annual transaction volume is only two or three types, four, five, six or seventy-eight. The quantity is not large. The products of the northern and southern hemispheres are mixed and scattered to various tribes in the mainland. They are kept strictly confidential. It will attract attention.”

Hong Tao: "Thanks to the trade of force honey and queen honey, Lord Bai Wei has also gained a great reputation in the Ten Thousand Races Continent. He has gradually completed the transformation and will not easily arouse suspicion."

Zhuban: "The transformation is divided into two steps. It is planned to be completed within 50 years. In the first step, before leader Bai Wei is promoted to the king level, we will follow other spider king caravans to explore the road and get to know the leaders of various tribes or the insect kings who specialize in trade. …”

Styloma and Heart, you and I will explain the transformation plan in detail.

The Edelweiss Spider King was stunned for a moment, his eight eyes shining with white light.

Brilliant plan!

They imitated the Edelweiss Spider King, but made various optimizations and improvements based on their own situation and the situation on the mainland.

Obviously, after repeated deliberation, various factors were taken into consideration and a solution was thought out.

Long Bai's eyes sparkled when he heard this.

This plan, as long as the Snow Spider King agrees and has strong backing support, it can easily form a momentum and be implemented step by step, it will definitely come true.

Once it is done, then the future Baiwei caravan will be able to control most of the divine fruits in the northern hemisphere.

In addition, the Edelweiss Spider King already controls most of the trading of divine fruits in the southern hemisphere.

That means that through Edelweiss and Baiwei, you can purchase or exchange for almost all types of divine fruits that currently exist in the Force Star Realm.

Edelweiss Spider King: "Xiao Zhuban, is this all Lord Bai Wei's idea?"

Pillar: "This is the wisdom of the team!"

Edelweiss Spider King: "Where is Lord Bai Wei? Is he waiting for a reply on the opposite side of the starship?"

Pillar: "No. Lord Bai Wei said that you will definitely agree, so this year, it followed the Velvet Spider King's caravan to explore the way first."

Edelweiss Spider King: "Why does it think I will agree?"

Pillar: "King Edelweiss Spider, when you ask about Lord Bai Wei, it means that you have already agreed in your heart and are ready to discuss the details of cooperation with him."

Pillar: "King Edelweiss Spider, just talk to me. I can decide this matter! I'm very smart. Next year I will explore the path with Lord Bai Wei."

Edelweiss Spider King: "..."

Edelweiss Spider King: "Smart little guy!"

Edelweiss Spider King: "Okay! Pillar, I said, you remember, you first remember the 25 kinds of divine fruits that I currently have stable trading rights..."

…

The Edelweiss Spider King reported one by one the names, functions, flowering and fruiting cycles, and the next batch of production time of the various divine fruits he had.

Keep it in mind.

The cooperation has been initially reached, and the follow-up is to gradually coordinate and increase the number of transactions.

…

It took more than half a month,

After completing the early spring traveling merchant transaction and handling various matters on the Yunji Continent, Long Bai and Mo Lan entered the Wanglan Continent unhurriedly.

Shaking Leaf Island.

Dragon cypress and molan fluttered their wings and flew, circling and landing under the rock-leaf iron-core tree planted by the gods.

The silver cypress sentrying on the peak roared down.

"Your Majesty!"

"Second King!"

"good news!"

Yinbai cheered and said: "A mutated rain tree sapling was found in the nursery!"

"!!!"

Long Bai and Mo Lan were refreshed.

Mo Lan: "What kind of mutation? For better or for worse?"

Silver cypress: "It's not bad, it's not bad, it's just that the hair on the back of its leaves is a little red."

"..."

Long Bai and Mo Lan instantly cooled down again.

This mutation sounds very small. There is a high probability that it will not trigger the gift of nature, and it will still take a lot of time to select and optimize it.

Long Bai: "Where is it? Let's take a look."

Silver cypress leads the way.

Hei Hua and Zhi also rushed over.

Come to the nursery together.

A half-heavy rain sapling more than one meter high, individually fenced and protected.

At first glance, you can't see any difference from other Rain Tree No. 1 seedlings. You have to get closer and open the leaves to check to see the difference.

"My lord, my lord and my two lords, what do you think?"

Black Birch asked hopefully, and added: "I found it!"

"Well done, Black Birch."

Long Bai gave a symbolic compliment and simply ordered: "Just send two smarter specialized green soldiers and green ants to guard it."

Mo Lan added: "This is the second mutation based on Yushu No. 1. The number should be Yushu No. 2. The two superimposed mutations may also meet the conditions for triggering the gift of nature. Don't transplant it yet. Let it grow well and try to bloom and bear fruit.”

Yinbai raised his forefoot in agreement: "The Second King's analysis is correct!"

Pa~

Isn’t what the king said right?

Long Bai flicked his tentacles and ordered: "Okay, go to work and work harder. The construction of the underground water vein network must be completed within this year."

"yes!"

"clear!"

"I know! Your Majesty!"

Silver cypress, black birch, and zucchini cheered and agreed.

Long Bai also personally participated in the excavation command work.

…

A busy year.

In the winter, the white rice comes to reinforce and work for an extra month.

The underground water vein network planned by Longbai is all connected.

There are three broad main escape tunnels leading to the seabed, running through five branch nests in the east, south, west, north and middle.

There are more than 200 relatively narrow underground water veins, which are connected with each other and extend in all directions.

There are entrances and exits on every hilltop on the island, as well as on some inconspicuous raised mounds.

Plant legumes near the entrance of the cave and station special green soldiers. Once attacked, activate the entanglement ability of the bean vines to help the blue soldiers and blue ants escape.

Ordinary insects cannot pass through deep water channels, but the blue soldiers trained by Long Bai can swim underwater and fight on the island, appearing and disappearing, taking advantage of the geographical advantages.

The battle between Bo Shuwan and Blue Island around Yucai Island is similar. Once defenses suitable for one's own side are built, with similar single combat power, attacking the island will have to bear more than ten times the losses.

The underground defenses of Shaking Leaf Island are complete.

60 square kilometers of rainforest land has also been reclaimed above the ground.

This year, 20 square kilometers of land need to be reclaimed. It is planned to plant various tropical fresh fruits such as golden guava, mango, peach, apricot, Chihu fruit, Philippine fruit, Camu Camu, Inca beans, and black-fleshed persimmon to enrich the island's food. category.

…

Cloud Trail Continent,

It is already spring when flowers are in full bloom.

Long Bai sent the rice back to the mountain and hurried back to Xianglan Mountain alone.

As soon as the Dominion Throne entered the land of the Force, Azure's spiritual power came to greet him.

"Longbai, good news! Fragrant cypress pollinated Yinbai No. 1102 through Zhibai, and a new cypress variety was created through crossbreeding. According to my observation, the seedlings of this new variety are exceptionally strong, with strong vitality and environmental adaptability."

Long Bai: "Really?!"

Long Bai: "Where?"

Zhanlan: "Nursery No. 11, the seeds have just been sown in spring, and the cedars are busy directing the worker ants to pull out the weak seedlings."

Long Bai: "Okay——"

Five years ago, Long Bai obtained a batch of Zhibai seeds from the Jinna Ant King of Hongdao and tried to plant some in Pandan Mountain.

Over the years, I have been busy cultivating silver cypress trees.

At present, there are three cultivated varieties of the silver cypress tree: Yin Bai 1004, Yin Bai 1101, and Yin Bai 2001, all of which need to be promoted on a large scale.

The silver cypress trees are too busy to work on.

Zhibai doesn't have the time or energy to take care of it.

Long Bai didn't pay much attention.

I didn’t expect a surprise!

Silver cypress is a variation of large-leaf juniper and mainly grows in the temperate and cold temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

Zhibai grows in the tropical jungles of the southern hemisphere.

Two cypress species that are 100,000 kilometers apart coincidentally have similar flowering periods. Miraculously, they can hybridize together...

…

The throne of domination flew towards me.

"Your Majesty!"

The cedar waved its tentacles and greeted cheerfully, "Look, my king, a new variety of cypress that is growing vigorously and has healthy and strong seedlings!"

Azure's mental power followed closely.

Long Bai: "I know! Zhan Lan has told me. Xiang Bai, well done!"

Long Bai jumped off the throne and walked into the nursery to check the situation.

The seedlings, which are about 20 centimeters tall, have not yet begun to branch. The leaves of the cypress trees are still sharp needles. At a glance, they are no different from all other cypress seedlings. It is difficult to distinguish the species of cypress trees in the seedling stage.

However, if you are familiar with the work of raising cypress seed seedlings and observe carefully, you will easily find that the trunks of these seedlings are extremely strong and straight, which are significantly different from ordinary cypress seedlings.

"Cedar, how long have these seedlings been sown?"

"It's just been 30 days."

"What a coincidence."

"Your Majesty, this brand-new variety has a high probability of triggering the gift of nature. Do you want to select a batch and cultivate it intensively in an orchard?"

It is not that simple to trigger the gift of nature. There are also issues such as fruit yield, seed size and number, and whether it can be stably reproduced through seeds.

Especially the seeds reproduce stably. The seeds of hybrid plants are particularly prone to problems such as character differentiation and deformation of young plants.

It will take time to verify.

If there are problems, a lot of time and experience will need to be invested in cultivation and selection.

Long Bai replied: "Of course! Give it a try."

"Okay, Your Majesty." Xiangbai asked again: "Your Majesty, what's the number? This is a cross made from Yinbai No. 1102 as the mother plant and pollinated by Zhibai. Does the number still start with 'Yinbai'?"

Long Bai shook his tentacles and said: "No numbering for now. Xiang cypress, set a rule. The strengthening effect must be a type of cypress with optimized body shape, and it can start with 'silver cypress'. This new hybrid cypress species should be cultivated first and observed. I’ll think about it again in a few years.”

Xiangbai: "I understand. Your Majesty."

Long Bai asked again: "Are you ready for the spring traveling business transaction?"

Cedar: "The black persimmons on the mountain are being prepared."

Long Bai waved his tentacles, signaling Xiang Bai to continue working, and he jumped onto the throne, straight into the air and back to the mountain.